Comments on: In Praise of Failure http://www.marcuswestbury.net/2010/01/25/in-praise-of-failure/ my life. on the internets. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:10:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Robbie http://www.marcuswestbury.net/2010/01/25/in-praise-of-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-1113 Robbie Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:23:51 +0000 http://www.marcuswestbury.net/?p=834#comment-1113 Yes "failure' should be built into every endevour. I tend to accept failure every Monday morning. Seems to go well with a cup of coffee! Yes “failure’ should be built into every endevour. I tend to accept failure every Monday morning. Seems to go well with a cup of coffee!

]]> By: Merle Hathaway http://www.marcuswestbury.net/2010/01/25/in-praise-of-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-1104 Merle Hathaway Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:44:41 +0000 http://www.marcuswestbury.net/?p=834#comment-1104 Hear hear! Should be obligatory reading for all funding and government bodies. Sad though when you consider Melbourne's City Museum - a public gallery that took risks; it curated quirky exhibitions fusing social, historical and arts content. It's being closed soon, apparently to make way for more weddings and occasional exhibitions of facsimile documents! Hear hear! Should be obligatory reading for all funding and government bodies.

Sad though when you consider Melbourne’s City Museum – a public gallery that took risks; it curated quirky exhibitions fusing social, historical and arts content. It’s being closed soon, apparently to make way for more weddings and occasional exhibitions of facsimile documents!

]]> By: ankown soldier http://www.marcuswestbury.net/2010/01/25/in-praise-of-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-1089 ankown soldier Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:08:02 +0000 http://www.marcuswestbury.net/?p=834#comment-1089 As a young artist maybe failing isn't something i get over easily but what Helen Louis Mencken said "for every problem, there is a solution which is simple, clean and wrong" definitely he was right ,the thing is that ,we must understand that is not about failure but is about experimenting with your knowledge,dreams,desires and goals that would lead you to find an intrinsic success which is not about recognition and money. "Since the art got for sale ,succession is a discount " As a young artist maybe failing isn’t something i get over easily but what Helen Louis Mencken said “for every problem, there is a solution which is simple, clean and wrong” definitely he was right ,the thing is that ,we must understand that is not about failure but is about experimenting with your knowledge,dreams,desires and goals that would lead you to find an intrinsic success which is not about recognition and money. “Since the art got for sale ,succession is a discount “

]]> By: Another Artist http://www.marcuswestbury.net/2010/01/25/in-praise-of-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-1087 Another Artist Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:36:50 +0000 http://www.marcuswestbury.net/?p=834#comment-1087 There is nothing to do and there is nowhere to go There is nothing to be and there is no-one to know - Thomas Ligotti There is nothing to do and there is nowhere to go
There is nothing to be and there is no-one to know
- Thomas Ligotti

]]> By: john http://www.marcuswestbury.net/2010/01/25/in-praise-of-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-1084 john Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:34:39 +0000 http://www.marcuswestbury.net/?p=834#comment-1084 Nobody ever gets 'there' and if you did: Matisse "you would have to create some new set of difficulties " Issac Babel's words to the academy of his day: "Comrades we have lost an important freedom, the freedom to write badly" There is only one true sort of failure in art, boredom. Nobody ever gets ‘there’ and if you did: Matisse “you would have to create some new set of difficulties ”
Issac Babel’s words to the academy of his day:
“Comrades we have lost an important freedom, the freedom to write badly”

There is only one true sort of failure in art, boredom.

]]> By: Alison Croggon http://www.marcuswestbury.net/2010/01/25/in-praise-of-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-1083 Alison Croggon Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:42:34 +0000 http://www.marcuswestbury.net/?p=834#comment-1083 You know that story of Botho Strauss being asked what German theatre needed right now? "What we need," he said, "Is more bad plays." I think he meant what you're saying here. As a friend of mine says all the time, success teaches you nothing. You know that story of Botho Strauss being asked what German theatre needed right now? “What we need,” he said, “Is more bad plays.” I think he meant what you’re saying here.

As a friend of mine says all the time, success teaches you nothing.

]]> By: Made By Heath Killen » #2 http://www.marcuswestbury.net/2010/01/25/in-praise-of-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-1082 Made By Heath Killen » #2 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:26:39 +0000 http://www.marcuswestbury.net/?p=834#comment-1082 [...] to extend a big thank you to Marcus Westbury for his feature on the ABC Arts blog. There’s a great article on Marcus’s blog about cultural and artistic risk taking that’s definitely worth [...] [...] to extend a big thank you to Marcus Westbury for his feature on the ABC Arts blog. There’s a great article on Marcus’s blog about cultural and artistic risk taking that’s definitely worth [...]

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